O’Leary isn’t taking anything for granted as the Dubs inch closer to more silverware but insists a blemish free campaign is achievable.

The 1995 All-Ireland winning captain said: “I don’t see any reason why they can’t do it at this stage. People will say it’s only the League but Dublin have taken the League very seriously for the last seven or eight years.

“They’ve blooded players through it and developed the depth in their squad by doing that. They’ve consistently exposed new fellas to competitive football and it’s paid off handsomely for them.

“They just seem to be more consistent than other counties each season and there’s no reason they can’t sustain that for another few weeks. Is it possible? Absolutely.”

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Dublin’s unbeaten run is all the more impressive because they continue to assess young players and fringe talent.

They’ve looked at 35 players in their seven games so far, the same as last year.

“Now you could say that it’s easy to put in new players, the trick is winning games while you’re doing it and that’s certainly true. It says a lot about the players coming in and the guys there that the level of the team rarely drops,” said O’Leary.

O’Leary, who had a stint in charge of Wicklow, caused controversy last year when he said that Dublin’s neighbours are ‘obsessed’ with them.

But he said he hasn’t changed his tune and referenced the recent opening of the GAA’s new training facility at Abbotstown.

O’Leary said: “You’d hear the chat that this is a thing almost exclusively for Dublin. It’s just a chip on the shoulder attitude for everything. I’m not sure if Dublin will or won’t use it but Louth have excellent facilities in Darver, Meath too.

“Fundamentally for me it’s an attitude problem. People go on about the population too. I always ask how come Donegal and Tyrone can win All-Irelands? Look at Roscommon and the strides they’re making. Looking enviously at Dublin won’t do you any good.”